Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare

Webb Telescope captures TWA 7 b, a Saturn-mass planet 50 AU from its star, proving its ability to directly image smaller exoplanets and paving the way toward Earth-like planet discoveries.

For the first time in its four-year operational history, the James Webb Space Telescope has identified an exoplanet not previously known to astronomers. Known as TWA 7b, the gas giant belongs to a star just 6.4 million years old, making it a prime example of how a planet might look in its youth.